Afternoon

Dont know if this has been mentioned yet, but a limited number of Tesco stores are selling 99ron octane unleaded petrol

However all the people I have heard of using it so far have owned bog standard Escorts and the like with plain Zetec engines and didnt really notice any difference. So I was wondering if any of you performance RS or Cossie owners have tried this yet and noticed any benefit?







It's 87.9p a litre at Lakeside Tesco station atm and has replaced all of the old 97ron pumps.

 

never heard of it dude

but i do always try to stick to the same fuel (optimax )every time,unless i get caught short and then it would be esso super

 

I think they are trialing it at the moment

I'm just impatient to know how good it is

It would surely help the import owners and also the bigger power cossie owners.

Also I reckon as a plus it could help release Shell strangehold on the performance petrol market.

 

Nice one, about time something good happened in this country

 

its probably made by a big company anyway, so hopefully should be good quality. we will see!

 

Huge thread on scoobynet about it.

 

link?

 

remeber that when a cars leaning a bit it will feel quicker too, best get the fueling checked if ya gonna feel a difference as when i was running 2 bar boost the car was shit hot for speed, really fooking dangerous to drive, was sooooo cool

but it was due to leaning a little

 

it aint gonna make no difference running it ginge unless its mapped to the new ron
just might be a bit safer thats all

 

whats optimax ron then ?

 

98

 

ooooo, never knew that. Always thought it had the properties of 100 cos of the additives etc. Isnt it sad how were getting moist over petrol??? i am anyway. Should be good to see if its any good.

 

I find it weird that there is a very clear cut line between people who use optimax and people who will only use 95ron. Both will tell you they are correct. Ok on paper it is better but they always come back with "was no such thing as optimax when the cossie or rst came out!". personally i stand on the optimax side of the fence. Maybe its the cost ? but i like to think that using a better fuel your getting a better burn and there4 roughly evening itself out.

 

wtf are you on about
if you have a cossie or rst you have to use either optimax or super,,UNLESS you want your ing knocked so far back you might as well be driving a skoda

and as for petrol that was out when they was first made,,ever heard of four star

 

Lazy bugger

It is in non scooby related somewhere m8, will get it in a bit when got a spare 10 minutes if you dont find it first.

 

optimax goes off and is 95 PLUS additives..

Esso super is 97 ron base fuel.

 

go on steve mention the mon rating aswell

 

so...... what is best?

 

fook knows,lol

esso has surpose to have a higher mon rating aswell

personally i use optimax,as that what my car is setup with

 

lol, fair enough. Karl set mine up on optimax too, so i think i will stick with that for now.

 

No you don't !you ask alvyn or alex "icecoub" and both of them have had there cossies for over 10 years and always use 95. As i said i always use optimax, but u don't "Have to use optimax or super" and they dont drive a skoda!

 

For all the lazy buggers

http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/showthread.php?t=423066

 

I always stick to Optimax, but this is being tested by some people on the MLR in their evo's so i'll keep you updated.

 

Always use Optimax but it would be interesting to see if another company could have a play for the top spot of performance petrol as in my eyes Optimax has had it for a long while

 

there is aa shell garage right by my house so always used optimax!

 

I use the Sainsburys Super Unleaded.

Its just up from the garage, well priced and noticeably better than the BP Super.

Will keep my eyes out for this Super Fuel however.

 

thing is mate 95ron unleaded fuel was like 2 star back in the day when cossies were new
I would only run my lawnmower on it!
ages ago when perol was cheap(er) we actually got a good ron rating however it all changed when environmentalists wanted to save the plannet and not put lead etc in our fuel so they decided to give us unleaded which had a much lower ron/mon rating than good old 4 or 5 star

 

http://www.trunkerton.fsnet.co.uk/li...ded_petrol.htm

 

Ah... this may explain the "bad" tank of Optimax I got the other day, car started spluttering at idle and pinking on high boost, until the tank was filled with Optimax from elsewhere...

 

I'm not disputing the fact that 95 ron is dirt!and I personally would not use it. Its just that a lot of people still use it and refuse to change.As i said b4 Alvyn and alex will only use 95 and they have both owend their cossie's for over 10 years !

 

My cossie runs on esso super as my tuner says he get less det on esso over optimax.

when i set up my xr2tt, sainsburys super was best for det, and the cheapest.